Hello and welcome along to today's LIVE Hull City blog where we will be keeping you up to date with all the news and rumours regarding the Tigers.

The big news today though, will come tonight as City welcome Garry Monk's Middlesbrough to the KCOM Stadium for another crucial Championship clash.

Both sides would like to be higher up the table after a disappointing start to the campaign and both will be looking for the three points tonight in order to kick-start their season.

Jon Toral is the only absentee from Saturday as he will sit out the next four to six weeks with a hamstring injury picked up against Nottingham Forest. However, after the poor performance at the weekend Leonid Slutsky may be tempted to rotate his side and keep it fresh before the trip to Sheffield United on Saturday.

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That's it from us tonight

We’ll be LIVE once more tomorrow morning with more reaction from tonight’s game.

Thanks for joining us. Good night.

22:36

City showing all the wrong signs

Hull City players look despondent as they kick off following a goal by Britt Assombalonga of Middlesbrough during the Championship match at the KCOM Stadium

22:23

Monk on Boro's defence

Credit to the players they’ve listened and we took care of Hull’s threat very well. They have scored a lot of goals and we did really well.

22:22

Monk is here now

I’m very pleased the only negative was the goal really but I have no complaints about that, it was a good finish.

22:22

Final bit from Slutsky

I don’t know why the players performance goes up and down. I make conclusions and it is not right, we played together only 15 matches and it is difficult to assess. If you want to build a team quickly, it’s like building a house, after the first wind it may be broke. If each players play maximum level each match I am satisfied. Each moment can break everything though. We had theoretical lessons in the team and we are always tryingt i understand the problem and I am the only one who is responsible. I try to explain how I feel

I think this is the hardest job I’ve ever had

22:17

Slutsky on his future

For me it is difficult, especially now to think about the final result, after each match I have to be born again and analyse the situation quickly. Now it is really very difficult to understand about long term future. I have a lot of questions about the team. Larsson has a dead leg.

In this situation I will agree with owners decision. I think 15 matches is ok about decision and if the owner makes decision then I agree. The biggest pressure is myself, I don’t need extra. I’m not satisfied with myself at the minute.

22:14

Slutsky ruing individual mistakes

For me it was very difficult to see the penalty I think it was right decision but it was a strange red card. Ok it was a mistake, another mistake

22:12

Slutsky has not lost confidence

We have no stability. One player plays well one match and another match it is different level. I tried to change starting eleven but it is difficult.

I have not lost confidence in the players because these are my players, if I lose confidence I cannot manage the team. Really for me it was difficult to understand the optimum level

22:11

Here's Slutsky

It was very difficult to understand something. In the first 15 mins we played very good but we conceded a simple goal and we didnt know what we were doing after that making ti difficult to change something.

We tried to change it at half time and each goal completely changed the quality of the game. We lose the confidence in this situation but it is difficult to understand.

22:09

Results mean City sit 17th

Here’s the results from tonight’s games:

Burton Albion 2-4 Barnsley

Cardiff City 3-1 Ipswich

Fulham 0-2 Bristol City

Norwich 0-2 Wolves

QPR 1-0 Sheff U

Sheff W 2-1 Millwall

Sunderland 3-3 Bolton

Leeds 1-2 Derby

Reading 3-1 Nottingham Forest

22:09

Full match stats

22:06

Here's tonight's player stats

22:05

Still waiting for the managers

Let’s have a look at the league table while we wait

22:02

Michael Hector will now be missing for Saturday's game

Hector will be suspended for Saturday’s trip to Sheffield United.

21:59

We'll avoid the Halloween puns

It wasn’t a horror show from City tonight, or a frightful performance. It just was not good enough. They controlled the ball throughout the game but ultimately their lack of ambition has cost them. Even after Grosicki’s goal in the second half, City rarely troubled the Middlesbrough goal and when they did they were not clinical enough, a theme that continued throughout the game.

21:56

Simon Grayson has been sacked tonight

Sunderland failed to beat Bolton Wanderers tonight and the boss has seemingly paid the price. They currently sit 23rd in the Championship.